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Valens
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Valens

Roman emperor

Born AD 328 · died 9 August AD 378, aged 49 or 50
Also known as Flavius Valens, Valens II

Who was alive at the same time as Valens?

  1. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  2. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  3. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  4. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  5. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  6. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  7. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  8. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  9. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  10. Valentinian I, AD 321 – AD 375
  11. Valens, AD 328 – AD 378
  12. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  13. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  14. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  15. Julian, AD 331 – AD 363
  16. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  17. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  18. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  19. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  20. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  21. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  22. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  23. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  24. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422

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When Valens was born, Pope Damasus I was 22 or 23, Constantius II was 10 or 11, Valentinian I was 6 or 7, Constantine II was 11 or 12 and Hilary of Poitiers was 12 or 13.

When Valens died, Augustine of Hippo was 23, Theodosius I was 31, Basil of Caesarea was 48 or 49, Pope Damasus I was 72 or 73 and Pope Siricius was 43 or 44.

Born during Valens’s lifetime: Augustine of Hippo, Hypatia, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Julian, Theodosius I and Basil of Caesarea.

Not quite contemporaries: Diocletian died about 12 years before Valens was born, Pope Leo I was born about 10 years after Valens died, Pope Sixtus III was born about 10 years after Valens died and Saint Patrick was born about 5 years after Valens died.

Where Valens’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 70 best-known contemporaries

70 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Valens. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 354.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  3. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  4. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  5. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  6. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  7. Julian AD 331 – AD 363
  8. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  9. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  10. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  11. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  12. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  13. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  14. Arius 250s – AD 336
  15. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  16. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  17. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  18. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  19. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  20. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  21. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  22. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  23. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  24. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  25. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  26. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  27. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  28. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  29. Jovian AD 331 – AD 364
  30. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  31. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  32. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  33. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  34. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  35. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  36. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  37. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  38. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  39. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  40. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  41. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  42. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  43. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  44. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  45. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  46. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  47. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  48. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  49. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  50. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  51. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  52. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  53. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  54. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  55. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  56. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  57. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  58. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  59. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  60. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  61. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  62. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  63. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  64. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  65. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  66. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  67. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  68. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  69. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  70. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376